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To: Non-Sequitur
So The Davis knew exactly what would happen if he fired and he did it anyway. And Toombs was right.

In typical fashion for you, your conclusion is a...non-sequitur! Your premise, that Toombs advised against attacking based on his own personal prediction, does not necessitate your conclusion that Davis "knew" and invasion "would happen." Rather, it only indicates that in the mind of one of the participants in his government, an invasion was predicted at a time prior to that invasion occurring. Predictions sometimes come true, but they do not necessitate their own actualization. Try again.

230 posted on 01/26/2003 6:56:41 PM PST by GOPcapitalist
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To: GOPcapitalist
Your premise, that Toombs advised against attacking based on his own personal prediction, does not necessitate your conclusion that Davis "knew" and invasion "would happen."

According to Toombs that conversation took place when the cabinet issued the orders to take Sumter. By your timeline that decision was made when Davis 'knew' that an invasion 'would happen.'

243 posted on 01/27/2003 3:37:00 AM PST by Non-Sequitur
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